Product Manager, Integrations
GS1 Canada
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Toronto • Canada
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About the role
- Defines and evolves GS1 Canada’s integration vision, strategy, and strategic roadmaps, ensuring alignment with business stakeholders, technology partners, global standards (e.g., GDSN), and enterprise systems used by subscribers.
- Oversees the definition, development, and ongoing evolution of subscriber-facing APIs and other integrations.
- Assists Industry Managed Solutions and Finance teams in establishing product pricing proposals to meet financial targets.
- Supports Industry Marketing in developing go-to-marketing plans, including core positioning and messaging for assigned products.
- Defines, reviews, and analyses key results and performance metrics (such as adoption, performance, satisfaction, and time-to-value) to ensure successful outcomes.
- Partners with Account Management teams and key subscribers to elicit feedback, collaborate on pilot or launch projects, and support new subscriber acquisition.
- Acts as the subject matter expert on new trends and opportunities, through research, analysis, and market insights monitoring.
- Develops and articulates, for an executive audience, business cases, project(s) scope, product definition, including benefits, features and benefits, business rationale, and financial projections.
- Manages complex stakeholder relationships, both internally and externally, ensuring all industry partners and stakeholders are appropriately engaged and updated on all relevant product plans.
- Collaborates with third-party vendors and internal technical teams to ensure seamless integration with PIM, ERP, and e-commerce platforms.
- Owns the end-to-end lifecycle of integration products, from market analysis and ideation, through development and delivery, to support transitions and end-of-life.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering (MBA an asset).
- 5+ years of software product management experience, ideally managing APIs as a product in a B2B environment, including innovation and market research.
- Strong working knowledge of web and data synchronization technologies (e.g., REST, GraphQL, GDSN, EDI, etc.).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a passion for good API design.
- Natural technical/business curiosity and a willingness to get into the details of a solution to own the experience as the business prime.
- Fluency with building effective business cases and articulating succinct business rationale to an executive audience, including financial projections.
- A customer-first orientation and a history of proactively going above and beyond for users.
- Adaptable with a track record of balancing immediate needs with long-term priorities.
- Excellent communication skills to be able to influence peers and executives, as well as external partners.
- Ability to lead in a complex, fast-paced environment.
Benefits
- Job Benefits: None specified
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
API managementweb technologiesdata synchronizationRESTGraphQLGDSNEDImarket analysisproduct developmentfinancial projections
Soft Skills
analytical skillsproblem-solvingcommunication skillscustomer-first orientationadaptabilityleadershipstakeholder managementcollaborationbusiness acumencuriosity
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in computer scienceBachelor's degree in engineeringMBA